Before being crowned Miss America on Sunday night, Betty Cantrell (as Miss Georgia) was asked about Deflategate.

Betty Cantrell crowned as Miss America, Photo via blog.missamerica.org/
Betty Cantrell crowned as Miss America, Photo via blog.missamerica.org/
“Did he cheat? That’s a really good question. I’m not sure,” Cantrell started. “I think I’d have to be there to see the ball and to feel it to make sure if it was deflated or not deflated, but if there was any question there then yes, I think he cheated. If there was any question to be had, I think that he definitely cheated and he should have been suspended for that. That’s not fair.”

Cantrell stirred up a hornet’s nest with that comment and later confessed she didn’t understand the question.

“I thought I blew my on-stage question,” she told an interviewer after being crowned. “I didn’t know what he asked me.”

Even Vice President Biden’s wife weighed in.

That may not pass with Patriots fans, however.

Cantrell got kudos from others.

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